| English term or phrase: conformational change | Definition from Biochemical Society :
Large, medium or small adjustment to the molecular shape/dynamics of a protein that may follow a change in environment or the specific recognition of another molecule.
Example sentence(s): - These observations indicate that heparin, in addition to causing aggregation, also induces a conformational change in tau in which reactive groups are unmasked or move closer leading to the DSS cross-linking of 72- and 83-kDa species. jbc online
- At low pH, the hemagglutinin (HA) of influenza virus undergoes an irreversible conformational change that potentiates its essential membrane fusion function. The Rockefeller University Press
- To develop the antibody chip for detecting the Bax conformational change, we immobilized Bax monoclonal antibody 6A7, which recognizes only a conformationally changed Bax protein on a gold surface. Elsevier Inc.
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| διαμορφωτική αλλαγή | Definition:
Η πρωτείνη πρέπει να υποβληθεί σε διαμορφωτικές αλλαγές (conformational changes). Οι αλλαγές αυτές μπορεί να συμβούν από διάφορες αιτίες όπως πρόσθεση ή αφαίρεση φωσφορικού οξέος, ακετυλίου |
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